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The site was identified as important in 1994 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	passage	1972-1974	53-100 individuals	A1, B2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (1994).

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shirvan area. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shirvan-area-iba-iran-islamic-republic-of on 26/09/2023.